Portraits of a People, Lost in Time

by Richard Quinn | Jan 8, 2023 | Historic Photos, Travel

HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPHS OF ANDEAN VILLAGERS BY CARL DUISBERG My old friend Carl has a background similar to mine, including years spent in South America, and a long-standing love of photography. Not long ago, he came across a long-forgotten cache of 35 mm negatives that...

The Amazing Mayan Murals of Bonampak

by Richard Quinn | Dec 25, 2021 | Maya, Mexico, Travel

DOWN BY THE GUATEMALAN BORDER, …in a remote corner of the Mexican state of Chiapas, there’s a small Mayan ruin known as Bonampak. The ancient, long abandoned city, really more of a large town, boasts an acropolis, topped  by a couple of smallish third rate...

Palenque: Mayan City in the Hills of Chiapas

by Richard Quinn | Jul 21, 2021 | Maya, Mexico, Travel

Palenque! This ruin of an ancient Mayan city, located in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, ranks among the most famous archaeological sites in the entire world. Just hearing the name conjures images of crumbling limestone pyramids rising up out of the the...

Canadian Road Trips: Jasper and the Icefields Parkway

by Richard Quinn | Mar 9, 2021 | Canadian Road Trips, Mountains, National Parks, Road Trips, Travel

When you start a Canadian Road Trip in Edmonton, your Rocky Mountain adventure will almost undoubtedly begin in Jasper National Park, some 200 miles west on AB-16, the Yellowhead Highway. Beginning from Calgary, or points further east, your fun will more likely start...

Canadian Road Trips: Glacier and Mt. Revelstoke National Parks

by Richard Quinn | Mar 4, 2021 | Canadian Road Trips, Mountains, National Parks, Road Trips, Travel

Traveling west from Calgary on the Trans Canada Highway, you’ll drive straight through the heart of the UNESCO World Heritage site known as the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks, a contiguous assemblage of no less than four of Canada’s most spectacular National...

Canadian Road Trips: Yoho National Park

by Richard Quinn | Mar 1, 2021 | Canadian Road Trips, Mountains, National Parks, Road Trips, Travel

Beginning from Calgary, the town of Banff is less than 80 miles west on the Trans Canada Highway, and Lake Louise, the most famous attraction in Banff National Park, is just 35 miles more, still on the TCH. Banff and Lake Louise get four million visitors in an average...

Canadian Road Trips: Banff and Kootenay National Parks

by Richard Quinn | Feb 28, 2021 | Canadian Road Trips, Mountains, National Parks, Road Trips, Travel

One of the best places to begin a Canadian road trip is in Calgary, the largest city in the Province of Alberta, and just fifty miles from the front range of the Rockies. If you aren’t planning to use your own vehicle for your adventure, you can easily rent one...

Canadian Road Trips: Rolling through the Rockies

by Richard Quinn | Feb 10, 2021 | Canadian Road Trips, Mountains, Road Trips, Travel

The Trans-Canada Highway, designated Canada Highway 1 in the western provinces, stretches more than 4,800 miles, from Victoria, on Vancouver Island, all the way to St. John’s, on the easternmost tip of Newfoundland. It’s one heck of a road, among the...

A Sunset at White Sands

by Richard Quinn | Nov 20, 2020 | Arizona and New Mexico, National Parks, Photography, Road Trips, Travel

I’ve always been a big fan of sunsets. I grew up in the southwest, where we have big skies that are just chock-full of particulates like sand and dust, coupled with auto emissions that pour into the air from the regions sprawling urban centers. Throw in a few...

Photographing the Sunrise at the Lincoln Memorial

by Richard Quinn | Oct 28, 2020 | Dawn Patrol, Photography, Travel, Washington DC

Despite the fact that the Washington Monument is the oldest, the tallest, and the most obvious of Washington D.C.’s many iconic structures, the Lincoln Memorial will always be the most famous building on the National Mall. It was from the steps of the Lincoln...